Is Anybody Buying Sec. Def. Lloyd Austin's Excuse For Not Telling Biden About His Absence?

Is Anybody Buying Sec. Def. Lloyd Austin's Excuse For Not Telling Biden About His Absence?

Recently Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin returned to the Pentagon after what was a mystery absence at the beginning of the year and reportedly the White House was not informed: On Jan.

1, he was taken by ambulance to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after experiencing extreme pain and was admitted to the intensive care unit.

He stayed there for two weeks but didn't inform the White House or his deputy that he had cancer, had surgery or had been taken back to the hospital and put in intensive care until days later.

He told President Joe Biden and other key leaders about his diagnosis only after he'd been in the hospital more than a week.

Austin's lack of disclosure has prompted changes in federal guidelines and has triggered an internal Pentagon review and an inspector general review into his department's notification procedures.

Both reviews are ongoing.